Re: ALR unable to get many packages

[Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>]

Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott@gmail.com> writes:

> ONE:
> sed issues (three instances):
>
> sed: illegal option -- s
> usage: sed script [-Ealnru] [-i extension] [file ...]
>         sed [-Ealnu] [-i extension] [-e script] ... [-f script_file] ... [file ...]

This dosn't seem to do any harm.
See this PR: https://github.com/AdaCore/aws/pull/368

> TWO:
> gnatcoll-refcount.ads:90:04: warning: in instantiation at gnatcoll-storage_pools-headers.adb:57 [enabled by default]
> gnatcoll-refcount.ads:90:04: warning: possible aliasing problem for type "Header_Access" [enabled by default]
> gnatcoll-refcount.ads:90:04: warning: use -fno-strict-aliasing switch for references [enabled by default]
> gnatcoll-refcount.ads:90:04: warning: or use "pragma No_Strict_Aliasing (Header_Access);" [enabled by default]

This set of warnings has been there for quite a while. I've never had a
problem with it.

> Lots of "Exploring..." would there be something useful here as far as
> something not pertinent being examined or something that was NOT
> explored that should have been?

I don't recall those messages ... I probably wasn't looking, so if the
build didn't stop I wouldn't have noticed

> Lots of "Building"...If it doesn't complain then there's nothing
> missing and nothing wrong with the C and Ada sources?

I'd say Yes

> The process generates at least three times a warning something like
> the following: "Generating possibly incomplete environment because of
> missing dependencies"

That's because the alr you're using doesn't understand MacPorts. Watch
this space.

> What do I do now to ascertain the precise state of the alr aws package?

You could try

   cd demos/hello_world
   alr exec -- make TARGET=aarch64-apple-darwin21
   ./hello_world

and within 60 seconds open your browser on localhost:8080.

(the 'make' part rebuilds the whole of aws!!)